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Surrounding Machu Picchu, Peru

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Pachacuti was a highly efficient king. He introduced modern governance with a code of laws. He elevated religion to a spiritual level and also embarked on construction of buildings on a monumental scale. All this glory lasted until, in its zenith of cultural ascendancy, the last of the Inca kings Atahualpa was captured and executed by the Spanish conquistadors in 1532. In the next 30 years Manco Inca tried to recapture the highlands but was unsuccessful. After him Inca Tupac Amaru led a rebellion but was defeated by the Spanish in 1572 and the Inca's resistance effectively came to an end. During their reign, the Incas reached architectural mastery and left behind some spectacular temples and other buildings.

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  • how high is this mountain? way up in the clouds ... must have been a sorta scary train ride ..

    said photo of mabelscritterart mabelscritterart 2007.06.19 at 00:08:57 PDT

  • I was born in Peru. Always I asked by myself How the Inca built Macchupicchu? How they discovered this mounatin to carry millions of stones without wheels? How they carried the material up to the mountain?

    said photo of tahuantinsuyo tahuantinsuyo 2006.08.30 at 18:09:37 PDT

  • Really a spectacular view!!Fantastic point of view of this majestic green mountain!!Mi soncere compliments!!thank you for sharing!!

    said photo of ambra2005 ambra2005 2006.08.25 at 06:43:48 PDT

  • Very special beauty.

    said photo of ranas127 ranas127 2006.08.22 at 10:08:45 PDT

  • MOST BEAUTIFUL

    said photo of ranyaari100 ranyaari100 2006.08.22 at 06:35:41 PDT

  • Magnificent Image to accompany more historic and fascinating Inca details!

    said photo of torretab torretab 2006.08.22 at 05:46:24 PDT

  • Amazing!

    said photo of luvvf1 luvvf1 2006.08.22 at 00:46:33 PDT

  • I'm sorry. I've run out of adjectives!

    said photo of georgieboy98 georgieboy98 2006.08.19 at 04:35:16 PDT

  • Wonderful view, and photo!

    said photo of rindunel100 rindunel100 2006.08.09 at 12:32:14 PDT

  • Gorgeous!

    said photo of bvillanyi bvillanyi 2006.08.05 at 16:25:23 PDT

  • What a view!! - Galit

    said photo of 854847 854847 2006.08.01 at 12:42:58 PDT

  • A moutain that is in my DREAMS!!!

    said photo of tfrarug tfrarug 2006.07.31 at 02:59:41 PDT

  • Such definitive great lost for all Humanity; I presume that as everywhere, Spanish representant of Roman Church ordered also autodafes!What could be the Inca to-day? Perhaps a kind of Dalai-Lama!

    said photo of pfjc2 pfjc2 2006.07.29 at 21:00:37 PDT

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